Bill-book.



J. MACDONALD.

BILL BOOK.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.22, 1917.

1,267,246. Patented May 21,1918.

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YES MACDONALD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 22, 1917. Serial No. 187,607.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES MACDONALD, a citizen of the Dominion ofCanada, and a resident of the cityof New York, borough of Manhattan, inthe county and State of New York,"have invented a new and ImprovedBill-Book, of which the following is and exact description.

.The invention relates to pocket books and its object is-to provide anew and improved bill book arranged to securely hold and readilyaccommodate a large number of bank bills and other valuable papers infolded position and without producing an unduly bulky package. Anotherobject is to permit the user to readily open the bill fold forconvenient insertion or removal of the bills.

thereto along the outer the Fig. 1.

. he back 10 of the leather or other suitable flexible materialv to thatof an ordinary 0 10 are overlaid by similar said back,

pletely open In order to accomplish the desired result use is made of aflexible back approximately of the size of a bill, side pieces overlyingthe side portions of the said aek and connected and bottom edges, and aclosing flap connected at the middle portion of its bottom edge with thecorresponding portion of the bottom edge of the Figure 1 1s aperspective view of the bill book in a partly, open-position and withaportion of one of. he side pieces broken out; Fig. 2 is a similar viewof the same com of bills;

Fig. 3 is an edgeview of the same with arts in folded position; and F1g.4 is a sectional plan view of a portion of the bill book on the line4:-4= of bill book is made of and approximately of a size correspondingbill. The side portions of the back pieces 11 and 12 to ers in positionbetween the back the ends of the connected middle against a part. ofthisspecification, in v ing out 12. The outer faces, of the for theinsertion or removal flexible side pieces 11 and 12 connected along theouter and bottom edges to the corresponding edges of the back 10 bystitches 13 and 14, as plainly indicatedin the drawings.

A front flap 15 of a flexible material has a connection 16 at the middleportion of its bottom with a corresponding middle portion of the bottomofthe back 10. The front flap 15 and.18 adapted to be tucked under theside securely hold the bills or other pa 10 and the out flap 15 and itsextended portions 17 and 18. The front flap 15 is pref- I erablyintegrally connected with the back 10 at the connection 16 but the back10 and the front flap 15 may be made of two pieces fastened together at16. The ends of the connection 16 are spaced from the adjacent inneredges of the side pieces 11 and 12 to provide readily foldable compactportions 19 and 20 to permit convenient folding of the side portions ofthe .billbook one upon the other,

of the front flap 15 from accidentally sliding out when tucked under theside pieces 11 and 12, use is made of loops 21, one for each side piece11 or 12, and arranged at the inner face thereof with the top and bottomedges fastened to the corresponding top and bottom edges and 12. f Theend pieces 17 and 18 are provided with retaining lips 22 adapted to abutthe inner edges the end pieces 17 and 18 from comfrom under the sidepieces side pieces 11 and :12 are preferably provided card cases 25, 26,and a similar card case 27 is preferably formed on he front face ofprevent the middle'portion of the front flap 16 but a position, asindicated in Fig. 2, for the insertion. or removal of a pile of bills,the bottom one of which overl es the back 10, and v the sides of thebill being tucked under the side pieces 11 and 12. The front flap 15 canthen be readily swung most bill and the endportions 17 and 18 tuckedunder the side pieces 11 and 12 and Patented May at, 1918.

has extended side. portions 17 5 with the innermost side portion 80overlying the middle portion of the front hold the end pieces 17 and18 vof the side pieces 11v 90 of the loops 21 to 11 and 95 front flap 15 iover onto the upper-.-

w book one'upon the other,

claim as new and 'desire. to

flap 15, as plainly indicated in Fig. 3.

It will be noticed that by spacing the conlying the middle portion ofthe said closing flap.

2. A bill fold, comprising a flexible back approximately of the size ofa bill, side PIECES overlying the side portions of the said back andconnected thereto along the outer and bottom edges, a closing'flapconnection 16 from the inner edges of the side nected at the middleportion of the bottom pieces 11 and 12, the end portions of the illbookwith the bills therein can be readily folded one on top of the otherwithout roducing a bulky package even if a very arge number of bills areplaced in position a in the bill book.

, ortions 17 and 18 of the front flap 15 read- It is further understoodthat the free endiii accommodate themselves to curved shape en foldingthe end portions'of the bill as previously explained, especially as the17 and 18 are free to slide under the side pieces 11' and 12when foldingor unfolding the bill book, but the free and 18 are held against beingend portions 1 accidentally pulled out from under the side pieces 11 and12.

Having thus described'my invention, I

secure by Letters Patent 1. A bill fold, comprising a flexible backapproximately, of pieces overlying the side portions of the said backand connected thereto along the outer and bottom edges, and a'closingflap connected at the middle portion of the bottom edge with thecorrespondin portion of the bottom edge of the said l ends of theconnected-middle portion of the said closing flap being spaced from theadacent inner. edges the free end portions of the said closing flapbeing adapted to betucked under the said.

side pieces, the latter being adapted tobe folded one on the other, theinnermostoverone on. the'other, the middle portion of the said closingflap,-

said end portions the size of a bill, side ack, the

of the said side pieces,

edge with the corresponding portion of the mg flap being spaced from-theadjacent inner edges ofthe said side pieces, the free -end portions ofthe said closing flap being adapted to be tucked under the said .sidepieces, the latter'being'adapted to be folded the ,in'nermost overlyingand retaining loops extending from top'to bottom on the inner faces ofthe said side pieces adjacent the inner edges thereof to receive andhold the free end portions of the said closing flap. v

3. A bill fold, comprising a flexibleback approximately of the size .of.a bill, side pleces overlying the side portions of the said back andconnected thereto along the outer and bottom edges, connectedat themiddle portion of the bottom ed e with-the correspondin portion of theottom edge of-the said ack, the

ends of the connected middle portion of the.

said closing flap bein spaced'fromthe adjacent inner edges 0 ,the saidside vpieces,

the free end portions oftthe said closing flap being adapted to betuckedunder the saidside pieces, the latter; being* adapted to be and aclosing. flap folded one on the other, theinnermost overflap, and meansto limit the sliding out movement of the free end portions from underthe said side pieces.

' J Ali LES MACDONALD.

lying the middle portion of the said closing

